@nospam: "I was diagnosed T2 a couple of years ago. I went to the GP for something 
unrelated, he said "Fill this", stuck a test strip in it and said "Blimey, 
the sugar's off the scale". Two fasting blood tests later I get free 
prescriptions and free eye tests, and I do insist on taking proper meal 
cruzlogan@example.org. I feel perfectly healthy, and apart from cutting out, as far 
as possible, salt fat and refined sugar and eating low GI carb-based meals 
most of the time, that's about it. Oh, apart from Metformin and Simvastatin. 
I still enjoy curries and sharing a bottle of red with Mrs. Stratman, and 
have the occasional pint.
Since Dx, presumably because of the diet if you can call it that, my weight 
has dropped from 13st. to 11st. 3lbs (I'm a 5' 9'' 49yo male). My last check 
up (fasting blood test) gave HbA1c as 6.2%, cholesterol 3.4 and the nurse 
(who's magnificent BTW) just said "Brilliant" for my blood presure.
I asked the nurse should I be testing, since all the websites and literature 
are full of meter advertisements, so I thought it must be very important.
"With numbers like those, there's no point" she said.
So basically I'm a completely normal active man who just take a few pills 
each day and gives fast food and the treacle sponge a miss.
Why do I feel like a fraud?
DD "
    @ukc802466929: ""Stratman" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Those ARE nice numbers. I guess your GP thinks like mine, and doesn't do a 
cholesterol breakdown? Pity, because you can get an idea of your IR from it. 
How brilliant was that BP?
Uh-huh. Keeping a random check occasionally to make sure your numbers are 
staying where you expect them to would be a good idea, as would checking to 
see what a new meal does. Your A1c doesn't show short spikes, necessarily, 
so the odd check to see what a relatively carby meal does to you would be 
good.
You're not. You've done the work to do what you can to protect yourself 
against the 'opathies (although you don't mention exercise?), but you're 
still at higher risk than the general population of heart attack and stroke. 
If you fall off the healthy living wagon, you're a problem all round - so 
giving you free prescriptions, etc. is a good investment.
Nicky.
A1c 10.5/4.5/<6  Weight 95/77/72Kg
1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004 "
    @Mackem: ""Nicky" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Nicky, where can I find out about the link between cholesterol breakdown and 
IR ? "
    @ukc802466929: ""Mackem" <email_address> wrote in message 
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First link I came across:
<url>
" The TG/HDL-C concentration ratio was used because the higher the value, 
the greater the risk of CHD, 8 and the more likely the individual is to be 
insulin resistant/hyperinsulinemic, with the additional abnormalities 
associated with this defect in insulin action. "
Nicky.
A1c 10.5/4.5/<6  Weight 95/77/72Kg
1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004 "
    @Mackem: "Many thanks Nicky, you're a mine of solid gold information.
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    @bassett_green: "<quote>
I've tried this link a couple of times and got a blank page. Am I doing
something wrong?
Maggie
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.  Mark Twain"
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